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Oscar Clark looks at the different types of designer and the key aspects of the game they need to understand

Sony has unveiled a Game of the Year Edition release for The Last of Us on PS3. The SKU includes the Left Behind DLC and the additional Abandoned Territories & Reclaimed Territories multiplayer maps. Also included is the harder single-player mode Grounded. All of which brings it in line with …

Microsoft is releasing an adapter that will let owners of Xbox One’s Kinect camera to connect the device to their PC. The Kinect Adapter will cost $49.99 (around 30) and allow the device to plug into the USB 3.0 port of any PC running Windows 8.1. The result is that …

New adapter kit allows developers to use the Xbox One Kinect for PC and tablets

Britain’s biggest retailer Tesco has revealed that it underestimated the extent of its recent profit overstatement. The company last month suspended four executives – including UK MD Chris Bush – after it admitted that profits had been overstated by 250m. That has now been upped to 263m, leading to the …

The first game from Rovio’s experimental publishing arm LVL11 is now available on iOS. Retry is a bit Flappy Bird-esque in that players must try and navigate an environmental using a single press mechanic that powers up the engine of a small place. As is the way with Rovio, the …

There’s a moment every afternoon where this author receives a specific email and rolls his eyes as he’s once again reminded of the perpetual agony that is #GamerGate. This fleeting instance of horror is of course followed by a sweeping feeling of relief when he realises that the email is …

Amazon has released its Fire TV microconsole in the UK. The set-top box costs 79, though the game controller must be purchased separately for 34.99. Games available for the Fire TV include Minecraft, Asphalt 8, The Walking Dead and Amazon Game Studios-developed shooter Sev Zero. Various apps including Netflix, Prime …

New weekly newsletter to roll out next month aimed at the UK toy and game inventor community

The free ad-supported version of Xbox Music will close later this year. As of December 1st Microsoft is pulling the service, although the 8.99 monthly subscription version will remain active. Xbox Music launched alongside Windows 8 in late 2012 as part of the operating system in subscription and ad-supported form. …